Wild animals would not stay in a country where there were so many people. Pa did not like to stay, either. He liked a country where the wild animals lived without being afraid.

The book remains in print today as Young Pioneers. List of craters on Venus – Wilder crater located on the planet Venus was named after her. She is also a descendant of the Delano family and Edmund Rice a 1638 immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Laura's daughter Rose inspired Laura to write her books.